Did you know that most restaurants have increased the average serving sizes and calorie counts of many foods by 100 to 300 percent (or more) since the 1950s? On top of that, the average dinner plate has increased from 10 inches to 12.5 inches in diameter. It's true! No wonder the FDA claims Americans are becoming supersized!

Don't fall victim to the "get more for your money" mentality. Take a look at the then and now totals for these common foods:

Food
Then
Now

Soda
6 oz./85 calories
20 oz./300 calories

Chips
1 oz./150 calories
1.75 oz./260 calories

Pasta
2 cups/280 calories
4 cups/560 calories

Burger
2-oz. patty and bun/270 calories
4-oz. patty and bun/430 calories

Fries
2 oz./210 calories
5 oz./540 calories